According to media reports, the deadliest mass shooting is the Las Vegas mass shooting in October in which 58 people were killed. The shooting began at approximately a. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold , 17 dressed in trench coats, began shooting students outside Columbine High School and then moved inside the school, where they gunned down others in the library.
Approximately 15 minutes later, the pair had killed 12 students and a teacher and wounded more than 20 other people. About a half-hour later, they killed themselves. Bombs made of propane that they had placed in duffel bags in the school cafeteria to explode around lunchtime failed to detonate.
The shooting raised the issue of gun control in the United States. That tragedy took place on April 19, four years and one day before Columbine. Amanda Cochran is an Edward R. If you are being blocked from reading Subscriber Exclusive content, first confirm you are logged in using the account with which you subscribed. If you are still experiencing issues, please describe the problem below and we will be happy to assist you.
They were teenagers who were fans of Adolf Hitler, spoke German to each other and called themselves the Trenchcoat Mafia. Most of the students who died were in the library of the school. According to officials, Harris and Klebold had planned the attack for over a year and had written out the details in journals. They called themselves the Trenchcoat Mafia. According to history.
They entered the cafeteria where they left duffel bags containing bombs that were supposed to explode at a. They returned to their cars and waited for the bombs to explode but they did not detonate. Harris and Klebold returned to the school at a. As they were returning to the school, Harris and Klebold shot two students sitting outside.
Rachel Scott was killed instantly. Richard Castaldo was shot eight times and was left paralyzed from the chest down. When they encountered three students on the staircase, they also shot them. One died. Another man, Philip Duran, who introduced Harris and Klebold to Manes, also was sentenced to prison time. Some victims and families of people killed or injured filed suit against the school and the police; most of these suits were later dismissed in court.
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